If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Festival season is upon us, and you know what that means: It’s time to start piecing together your desert-ready fit. Deciding what to wear to these (typically) three-day …
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In November, just after the election from hell, I became a metalhead. It was an accident, but it’s too late to reverse course now. Before saying more about that, I want to step back in time. By about 60 years. During most of those years, I was good at keeping …
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has obtained a list from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that reveals just how terrifyingly easy it is for the government to designate a Venezuelan immigrant as an “Alien Enemy,” including allowing ICE officers to declare tattoos and items of clothing as containing gang …
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The Trump administration is revoking students’ immigration status without notifying them or their schools, according to Zeteo. Citing documents and interviews with university officials, Zeteo reported that “Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) appears to be manually revoking students’ immigration status — an authority typically left to university staff.” Sometimes, ICE …
Read More »The Secret History of Nineties Lollapalooza
Before Lollapalooza became just another giant festival, it was a culture-shaking Nineties traveling carnival that helped define the thing we used to call “alternative.”Key moments in the careers of Pearl Jam, Nine Inch Nails, Ice-T, Green Day, Rage Against the Machine, Courtney Love, and many more played out on its …
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The chairwoman of a charity cofounded by Prince Harry accused the former royal of “harassment and bullying at scale” in a pair of new interviews. Earlier this week, the Duke of Sussex announced that he was stepping down from Sentebale, which he cofounded in 2006 to help people in southern …
Read More »Trump Admits He's Open to Using 'Military Force' to Seize Greenland
Fresh off J.D. Vance‘s embarrassingly truncated visit to Greenland, President Donald Trump said that using “military force” to seize the semi-autonomous territory from Denmark is not “off the table.” “We’ll get Greenland. Yeah, 100%,” Trump told NBC News’ Kristen Welker in a Saturday phone call. “No, I never take military …
Read More »Inside the 'Garden State' 20th Anniversary Concert: See the Shins and Iron & Wine Perform
It sounded like 2004, back on the plane with Andrew Largeman. The sun had already gone down over Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre on Saturday night for the sold-out Garden State 20th Anniversary Concert, when the curtains opened and Zach Braff stood on stage underneath a spotlight as the Prayer to …
Read More »Trump Says He Is 'Very Angry' and 'Pissed Off' at Putin Over Ukraine
Donald Trump played the strongman in a Saturday interview. The president said he is growing increasingly frustrated with Russia and its refusal to sign a Ukraine ceasefire agreement as well as with Iran for not reaching a nuclear deal with the U.S. Trump said he is “very angry” and “pissed …
Read More »Alison Krauss Says Billy Strings and Sierra Ferrell Are Keeping 'Those Old Songs Alive'
When Alison Krauss was kicking around ideas on what to name her latest album with Union Station, the eureka moment came while on the phone with a friend, who just happened to be on their way to play a church gig in a tiny Louisiana town called Arcadia. “I’m like, …
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